Top 3 Cities: 1. Lome2. Dapaon3. MangoPopulation: 7,351,374Density: 110.83Migration Rate: -15.4%Growth Rate: 2.71%CBR: 34.62/1000TFR: 4.53IMR: 46.73/1000CDR: 7.43/1000Percent Urbanized: 38%Life Expectancy: 64.06 years // Rank 156AIDS rate: 2.9% // Rank 40GDI: 0.49 // Rank 134GEM: no dataLiteracy Rate: 60.4%Health Issues: Degree of major infectious diseases is very highLome, TogoCapital CityData and Facts:{Freedom House Scores:Legal system: French-based"A political opposition leader said that dozens of people had been injured and others arrested in three days of protests over electoral changes that the opposition says favor the governing party’s candidates." -NYT June 2012Togo: In the NewsHeadline: Protestors Clash with PoliceDataHistorical Influences: various tribes from Ghana and Nigeria settled in Togo.Customs & Traditions: Togo 10 day fighting festival where best sportsmen from all over the country come to fight in one arenaFood: Prominently French and German food is served because Germany ruled over the people for some time.Popular foods: fufu and patosFamily: patriarchal- women take care of domestic dutiesClothing: people in south wear traditional tribal clothing and people in north wear European clothing.Housing: German influences; many churches/ cathedralsRecreation: Dancing, picnics, walks, watching sports gamesAdditional: People do not often travel to other countries unless it is necessary.LanguagesEthnicityReligion39 total languagesOfficial language is FrenchTwo major indigenous languages are "Ewe" and "Kabiye"50% Christian10% Muslim40% Indigenous relgion99% Native African1% German and French colonialsCurrent EventsTogo has been criticized for its human rights record and political enviromnent in recent years.

According to a U.S. State Department report based on conditions in 2010, they include “security force use of excessive force, including torture, which resulted in deaths and injuries; official impunity; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrests and detention; lengthy pretrial detention; executive influence over the judiciary; infringement of citizens' privacy rights; restrictions on freedoms of press, assembly, and movement; official corruption; discrimination and violence against women; child abuse, including female genital mutilation (FGM), and sexual exploitation of children; regional and ethnic discrimination; trafficking in persons, especially women and children; societal discrimination against persons with disabilities; official and societal discrimination against homosexual persons; societal discrimination against persons with HIV; and forced labor, including by children.”